unit president Sanjay Nirupam, who had crossed swords with senior leader Gurdas Kamat ahead of the polls, offered to quit, owning responsibility for the rout.
unit president Sanjay Nirupam, who had crossed swords with senior leader Gurdas Kamat ahead of the polls, offered to quit, owning responsibility for the rout.
The voters dealt a heavy blow to Raj Thackeray's MNS whose tally fell to mere 7 from 28 in 2012, primarily due to a huge consolidation of Marathi votes in favour of Shiv Sena.
The Sharad Pawar-led NCP had during the campaign itself admitted that the party did not have much at stake in the megalopolis.
As the BJP put up a sterling performance in civic polls across state including the BMC, Fadnavis said the victory was a vote for transparency and demonetisation.
As no party is in the position to rule the BMC on its own and the saffron allies are looking in opposite directions, it now remains to be seen how the major players cobble together an alliance which has enough numbers to control the civic body.
When asked about this, Fadnavis said the party's core committee will decide the future course of action.
"All decisions for the party are taken by its core committee. Whether or not to go for an alliance will be decided when I, (Maharashtra BJP President) Raosaheb Danve, (Mumbai BJP chief) Ashish Shelar sit and look at the prevailing situation," he told reporters here.
Since the last two days, the BJP has been trying to send the signal that it did not want the bitterness of the campaign to continue.
In his interview to a newspaper, Fadnavis recently said the post-poll alliance will be on "transparency" alone.
State BJP president Raosaheb Danve told reporters, "Everybody needs to forgive and forget the allegations as well as the strong language used during the campaign. Now, the mandate is out and we respect it."
He also said the BJP could be able to rule the cash-rich body with the support of some independents, which appears unlikely. Two big parties will have to forge an alliance to be able to rule the BMC as independents and smaller parties do not have the numbers. Congress, Samajwadi Party and AIMIM are unlikely to support a BJP-led dispensation.
Thackeray, on his part, asserted that the city Mayor would be from the Sena, an indication that he could go for a hard bargain if the two saffron parties were to come together again.
(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)
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